AGENT ORANGE
An American Legacy in Vietnam
by C. David Thomas
with an introduction by Catherine Karnow
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“The subject of this artist’s book is Agent Orange, the deadly, dioxin-contaminated defoliant used in Vietnam between 1961 and 1971. The Vietnamese people, both military and civilian, young and old have been living, hunting, fishing, and farming this contaminated soil since the 1960s”
– Vamp & Tramp Booksellers’ website, March 30, 2017.
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This Artist’s book is printed in a limited edition of twenty-five with five artist’s proofs, signed and numbered
by C. David Thomas.
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The book is comprised of 63 accordion bound pages printed on Arches 88 Silk Screen paper made in France. These pages sit in a handmade wooden black and orange box lacquered bottom box. On top sits a black composite domed lid shaped as a vertical half-barrel with an orange stripe affixed to it and having the words ‘Agent Orange’ printed on top. The book is presented in a handmade, drawstring silk bag created by Vietnam-ese-American women working at the Southeast Asian Coalition in Worcester, MA. The silk was handwoven in Van Village near Hanoi.
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The images and text are printed on photographic paper with archival ink using an Epson Stylus Photo R2880 inkjet printer. All pages are printed on Innova short grain, 200-gram, natural white texture duo paper. The font Myriad Pro.
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